As a long time veteran of political internet wars, both between right and left and intra-right, I have observed that at times some really silly arguments get repeated over and over despite their flimsiness to casual inspection. People presumably see … Continue reading →

“So Mr. Non-Interventionist Smarty Pants, what do you think we should do about North Korea?” Thanks, I’m glad you asked. We should renounce our mutual defense alliance with South Korea (and Japan), bring all our troops home from South Korea … Continue reading →

News about North Korea’s alleged nuclear capabilities and an exchange of tough talk between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have dominated the headlines for the past couple of days, temporarily taking the focus off the Russian hacking … Continue reading →

Because I try to keep up with the ongoing RussiaGate ruse, I follow on Twitter many of the major peddlers of this nonsense. Many of them casually toss around accusations of disloyalty by Trump and his supporters and, as I … Continue reading →

In the wake of the revelations about Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with a Russian lawyer, the already unhinged promoters of the RussiaGate ruse are amping their rhetoric up even further, if that is even possible. I am frequently seeing the … Continue reading →

The Twitterverse and the rest of social media are abuzz with hysteria about Russia in light of the recent revelations regarding Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with a Russian national who claimed to be in possession of some incriminating information about … Continue reading →

Every now and then a situation calls for a good rant. This Russia/Trump nonsense is one of them, so here goes. Here is what really bugs the heck out of me about the Russia/Trump narrative being pushed by the liberal … Continue reading →